AntennaPod - Podcast manage & play

AntennaPod serves as a podcast manager and player, granting you immediate access to a vast array of both free and paid podcasts, ranging from independent creators to major organizations like the BBC, NPR, and CNN. You can easily add, import, and export feeds using the Apple Podcasts database, OPML files, or straightforward RSS URLs without any complications.

You have the option to download, stream, or queue episodes, customizing your listening experience with adjustable playback speeds, support for chapters, and a sleep timer.

Optimize your effort, conserve battery power, and reduce mobile data consumption with robust automation features that facilitate episode downloads (setting specific times, intervals, and WiFi networks) and managing deletions (based on your favorites and delay preferences).

AntennaPod is created by podcast enthusiasts and embodies the idea of being truly free: it is open source, incurs no costs, and contains no advertisements.

What’s new

∙ Fixed issues with Auto-Download (@ByteHamster)

∙ Tweaked default queue sorting (@dominikfill)

∙ Fixed issues with sleep timer (@eblis)

∙ Enable bottom navigation by default for new users (@aByteHamster)

Import, organize, and enjoy

• Control playback from anywhere, utilizing a homescreen widget, system notifications, and earplug or Bluetooth controls.

• Add and import feeds from Apple Podcasts, gPodder.net, fyyd, Podcast Index directories, OPML files, and RSS or Atom links.

• Enjoy personalized listening experiences with adjustable playback speed, chapter support, saved playback positions, and an advanced sleep timer (featuring shake-to-reset and volume reduction).

• Access feeds and episodes that are password-protected.

Monitor, share, and appreciate

• Mark episodes as favorites to track your top picks.

• Discover episodes through playback history or by searching titles and show notes.

• Share episodes and feeds using various social media and email options, or via gPodder.net services and OPML exports.

Gain control over the system

• Manage automated downloading by selecting feeds, excluding mobile networks, designating specific WiFi connections, requiring charging, and setting appropriate times or intervals.

• Control your storage by determining the number of cached episodes, enabling smart deletion, and choosing your preferred storage location.

• Customize according to your surroundings with light and dark themes.

• Back up your subscriptions through gPodder.net integration and OPML exports.

Getting started

Welcome to AntennaPod! Below, you can find some details on how to get started with AntennaPod.

First, you want to subscribe to a podcast. After subscribing, new episodes are shown in the Inbox. There you can decide if you actually like to listen to them or not. If an episode is in the inbox, it means that you have not yet decided what to do with the episode.

- If you are not interested in an episode, just swipe it away to remove it from the inbox. The episode still stays marked as unplayed and you can find it on the Episodes page, as well as on the podcast’s page.

- If you are interested in the episode, you can do one of two things, depending on your listening behavior.

-- Download the episode. When downloading, AntennaPod also automatically adds the episode to the queue and removes it from the inbox. There is a setting if you want new episodes to be enqueued in the back, front or after the currently playing episode. Downloading is the main way AntennaPod was originally designed to be used but as streaming is becoming more and more popular, you can also use the second option.

-- Just add the episode to the queue. AntennaPod automatically removes it from the inbox and inserts it into the queue. You can later directly play the episode without having to download, so it does not take up space. Think: Streaming like videos on YouTube. The disadvantage is that it will not be available offline, uses up your mobile data connection when you are on the run, and makes fast forwarding a little bit slower.

- If you are done playing, AntennaPod marks the episode as played and removes it from the queue. There is a setting to also automatically delete the download after playing. You can find a list of all episodes that are still downloaded to your device (whether they are in the queue or not) on the Downloads page.

- If you like an episode and are thinking about listening to it again, you can also mark it as favorite. You can filter the Episodes page to show only your favorites and (by default) AntennaPod will not delete favorites after playing.

In case you are subscribed to a really great podcast where you know from the beginning that all episodes will be great, you can use the auto-download feature. When enabled for a podcast, all of its future new episodes are automatically downloaded and added to the queue. They will automatically be removed from the inbox as soon as they are downloaded.

Become a part of the AntennaPod community!

AntennaPod is actively developed by volunteers, and there’s always room for contributions, whether through coding or feedback!

Our friendly forum community is ready to assist with any inquiries you may have. You are also welcome to engage in discussions about features and the podcasting landscape more broadly.

Join us and contribute to translations to help enhance the project further!